Shirt



Sept. 14, 1926. 1,599,968 i s. LIPMAN sum- .Fild qNov. 12, 1925 In practice, the neck band 16 occupies an upright position, as shown in Figures 1 and 5, when the shirt is used in the ordinary manner, that is, with a collar attached to the neck band. However, when desiring to convert the ordinary shirt into a sport shirt, the front collar button is removed and the neck band folded at the back along the line 21 and outwardly and downwardly, and by continuing to fold the neck band forwardly to its free ends, the front of the shirt body or those portions between the uppermost button of the finished edges will be turned outwardly, thus exposing the facing material throughout the length of the neck band, as well as the body portion, and thereby forming a lay-down. collar and presenting the appearance of a sport shirt.

It will be understood that if it is desired to return the shirt to the ordinary form, it is only necessary to unfold the neck band, whereupon the latter, as well as the front portion of the shirt, will return to normal position, as shown in Figure 1.

Although I have herein shown and clescribed only one form of shirt embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A shirt of the open front type having a neckband of a width to permit outward folding upon itself, and a facing member of the same material as the body of the shirt, said member comprising an intermediate strip portion secured to the inner side of the neck and extending across the back section of the neckband and terminal portions extending downwardly at the opposite ends of said intermediate portion and secured to the inner face'of the adjacent front body sections, the neckband provided with a longitudinal line of stitchingtherethrough between and substantially paralleling the upper and lower ends of the neckband, the extent of said line of stitching being substantially coincident with that of the intermediate portion of the facing member, said line of stitching defining a fold line for the neckband and maintaining the same in outward folded position, whereby when said neckband is thus folded the adjacent front body portions will be turned outwardly and cooperate with the neckband to produce the effect of a lay-down collar.

SIGMUN D LIPMAN. 

